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1	History From the Heart: Difficult Pasts and Possible Futures in the Heterogeneous Doukhobor Community in Canada White, Sonya 31 May 2011 (has links) This thesis shares the results of oral history interviews with members of the heterogeneous Doukhobor community in Canada. The stories and memories of fifteen different voices highlight the influence of intersecting demographic variables (age, gender, ideological affiliation, and geographic location) on the experience of Doukhobor life in Canada during times of sensationalized conflict. The interviews are framed and analyzed through broader questions of history and cultural sustainability. What considerations influence the representation of difficult Doukhobor pasts in Canada? In the contemporary context of unification and reconciliation, how does one speak of conflict? This thesis shows that discussions of the past surface considerable contradiction in the collective memory of the Doukhobor community; the results outline various individual and community strategies that are used to manage the past in favour of the present. Ultimately, this thesis locates memory as a social and cultural anchor that must support a history for the future. oral history Doukhobor Dukhobor heterogeneous cultural community Canada temporality cultural sustainability difficult past depredation conflict reconciliation memory representation strategy Verigin Sons of Freedom contradiction pacifism colonial state ethics 0516 0385 0631
2	History From the Heart: Difficult Pasts and Possible Futures in the Heterogeneous Doukhobor Community in Canada White, Sonya 31 May 2011 (has links) This thesis shares the results of oral history interviews with members of the heterogeneous Doukhobor community in Canada. The stories and memories of fifteen different voices highlight the influence of intersecting demographic variables (age, gender, ideological affiliation, and geographic location) on the experience of Doukhobor life in Canada during times of sensationalized conflict. The interviews are framed and analyzed through broader questions of history and cultural sustainability. What considerations influence the representation of difficult Doukhobor pasts in Canada? In the contemporary context of unification and reconciliation, how does one speak of conflict? This thesis shows that discussions of the past surface considerable contradiction in the collective memory of the Doukhobor community; the results outline various individual and community strategies that are used to manage the past in favour of the present. Ultimately, this thesis locates memory as a social and cultural anchor that must support a history for the future. oral history Doukhobor Dukhobor heterogeneous cultural community Canada temporality cultural sustainability difficult past depredation conflict reconciliation memory representation strategy Verigin Sons of Freedom contradiction pacifism colonial state ethics 0516 0385 0631

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History From the Heart: Difficult Pasts and Possible Futures in the Heterogeneous Doukhobor Community in Canada

History From the Heart: Difficult Pasts and Possible Futures in the Heterogeneous Doukhobor Community in Canada